18 July 2010

SCGS Friday Proofreading Club: 1890 Project

Where can you meet jail prisoners, saloon permit owners, poor farm residents, newlyweds and newborns of LA County of 1890? Why, the Southern California Genealogical Society, of course.

It's just the place to beat the heat and socialize with your fellow family historians. Pop in to the SCGS Library in Burbank and proofread records that have been collected for the long-term project to reconstruct the 1890 Los Angeles County census.

After they are proofread, these records will soon be added to the compilation of records that form the 1890 Project to reconstruct the 1890 Census for Los Angeles. Since the Project's inception in 2004, the 1890 Project has produced four volumes of Citizenship Intentions, the 1892 Great Register of Voters, fifteen volumes of Marriage Records, three volumes of the index to Los Angeles County Naturalizations. Other records in the 1890 Project "stew" are cemetery records, names of dental patients, building permit holders, and other miscellaneous record sets.

The Friday Proofreading Club meets on Fridays from 10am to 4pm. Work the hours that best fit your schedule. No RSVP is necessary - just show up and ask for Louise.

Following is a partial listing of items available for proofing:

Census
1897 Los Angeles City Census - This is an every name census of the City of Los Angeles. Approximately 100,000 or more names

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About the Southern California Genealogical Society

With over 2000 members, the Southern California Genealogical Society is one of the largest genealogical societies in California. SCGS headquarters in Burbank, California, houses a 40,000+ volume genealogy library with resources throughout the US, Canada, and Europe.

SCGS offers several educational activities each month, including its Lunch and Learn, several interest group meetings, and computer user group sessions. The Society sponsors the popular Genealogy Jamboree which will be held June 5-7, 2015. A companion conference, DNA and Family History: Genetic Genealogy in 2015, will be held on Thursday, June 4.